CHAPTER 2: Scales, Tonality, Keys, Modes [AP HOME]

Major and minor scale forms. Functional scale degrees. Tonality vs. Modality. Church modes. Synthetic and other scales.

CIRCLE OF FIFTHS.pdf
Circle of Fifths Explanation (wikipedia)

Key Signatures - Review of Sharps & Flats - Dr. Watson

Minor Scales (Relative, Pure/Harmonic/Melodic) - Dr. Watson

MAJOR Key Signature Practice Activity (musictheory.net)

KEY SIGNATURE REVIEW GAME (Kahoot.it)

Read Donald J. Grout’s A History of Western Music (pp. 302-303).
Read Thomas Cahill’s Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea (pp.87-89).

Listen to episode 23, "Modal vs. Tonal," of the podcast, What Music Means to Me. For the podcast guide, click here.

Modes: "White Key Spelling" (easy, but not as useful) - Dr. Watson

Modes: Chromatically Altering Major or Minor Scale (a little more thought required, but more useful) - Dr. Watson

"Fabricated Scales": Whole Tone, Octatonic (Diminished), Major Pentatonic, Minor Pentatonic, and Blues.

COMPOSITION PROJECT: Modal Composition Project Description, Scoring

EXAMPLE: Dorian Dance (mp3), EXAMPLE: Dorian Dance (score), EXAMPLE: Dorian Dance, "produced" (mp3), EXAMPLE: Dorian Mode (mp3), EXAMPLE: Flydian (mp3), EXAMPLE: Phrygian Mode (mp3).

Jeopardy-style Review Game for Chapter 2.